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Matt Kelleher is an assistant professor at Alfred University. He brings ten years experience as a studio potter to this position that includes a three-year residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. Matt studied ceramics at the Kansas City Art Institute under Ken Ferguson and Victor Babu from 1993-1995. He received his MFA in 1999 from University of Nebraske-Linclon where he studied with Gail Kendall, Peter Pinnell, and Eddie Dominguez. Matt was also an Artist in Residence at the Archie Bray Foundation and Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Shigaraki, Japan.

In June 2016, I led a workshop on thrown and handbuilt pitchers at Shakerag Workshops. I had a hard working and productive class. The programming at Shakerag is organized and the staff is very generous. I hope you will consider taking a workshop at Shakerag in the future.

To start my workshop at Shakerag on Pitchers, I took images of all the pitcher type vessels from the house we were staying in. It is amazing how the pitcher is still very present in the American home even though it is rarely used. All of these pitcher type vessels were scattered around the the house and on display, but the only one in use was the plastic filter pitcher. Pointing this out to the students was a good place to start the workshop. I wanted everyone to acknowledge the current state of pitchers and recognize the potential of the form in this realty. Many students were frustrated by my saying pitchers aren't used. Many of them said they did use them, Excellent! I wanted each student to be faced with the role of function when they made their pitchers and decide if function was going to be the driving force to the idea or would the potential of the form itself drive the ideas. Personally, I am interested in making pitchers people want to use, but I am open to learn what I can about form when I diverge from that path.

Shakerag Workshop

Below are images from my June workshop at Shakerag in Sewanee, TN. I had a hard working class. The programs were well organized by a very generous staff. I highly recommend taking a workshop here in the future. More information on summer workshops at Shakerag, www.shakerag.org.

Duality: a collaborative show

Matt Kelleher and Shoko Teruyama have collaborative work on view at the Delaware Art Museum in an exhibition called "Duality." The exhibition includes work from four couples working in a variety of media.